Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Be a Tourist - Magnolia Gardens

This year I decided to get a Be a Tourist pass.  It is a pass for locals to use to do a lot of "touristy" stuff:  plantations, historic houses, etc.  It is good for the month of January and since it was a beautiful day today, I thought we should start our January adventures!  

Today, we went to Magnolia Gardens.  The boys had a great time in the petting zoo and, I think, could have stayed in there for over an hour - pigs, rabbits, peacocks, goats, sheep, deer, birds, chickens, roosters, etc.  We bypassed the food to feed the animals but still managed to get our hands on plenty of animals' mouths.

Banks near the sheep with a rabbit in the background.  This was about the closest Banks got to the animals which I am thankful.  Although, he did like the pig.  They had a sign that read "Beware of small children near the goats"!

Hughes annoying this goat.  Once Hughes got close enough, he started moving his head slowly in the ramming motion.  I, at once, ordered Hughes to back away.  He loved the bench.  Stood there for most of our visit.
Check out this fat pig.  Man, did he have a nasty snout!  Hughes loved him b/c the pig let him rub him all day long.  He was pretty gross!
Beautiful peacock strutting himself around the grounds.  Hughes tried to chase him (Rule #2 Don't chase the animals) but he jumped on top of another cage to get away.

After the petting zoo, we moved to the Conservatory.  It was so peaceful, that is, until my boys showed up.  I had to keep reminding Hughes to use his inside voice.  We were the only ones in there except for a volunteer who was working peacefully restaining some chairs.  



After the Conservatory, we boarded the train for the tour.  Hughes kept yelling "All Aboard".  I didn't think anyone else could understand him, but another tourist yelled back "all aboard".  This made Hughes grin from ear to ear.  We saw some alligators, ducks, and lots of birds.  It was a 45 minute tour - Banks fell asleep about half way through, Hughes fell asleep with only 10 minutes left of the tour.  That left me with two sleeping boys at the end of tour that had to be woken up to get to the car.

After our adventure, we headed home where I promptly pooped out on the sofa.  Thanks goodness David came home a little early from work today!

1 comment:

Jennifer said...

Looks like it was a great day! You're a fun mom.

Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers Lilypie Kids Birthday tickers